By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
SOCRATESTo move the world we must move ourselves.
More Socrates Quotes
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Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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